Afforestation and restoration of mangroves in Sundarban through community participation: a pilot phase

Sundarbans mangrove ecosystem in the state of West Bengal, India is part of World’s largest delta and fundamental to the existence of this part of the world. Increasing climate threats, erosion and deforestation have made this ecosystem vulnerable putting its inhabitants and biodiversity at risk of evasion. Reforestation is of urgent need as only mangroves can protect the inland from disasters to save both forest and livelihoods of local people, by building a functioning ecosystem.
In this initiative NEWS with financial support from Germany based company Alnatura has started a pilot phase afforestation in 1 hectares of land at Madhusudanpur Gram Panchayat of Kakdwip Development Block, South 24 Parganas, Sundarbans, West Bengal, India.